Новости за 27.04.2016

SpaceX's Red Dragon project, announced on April 27, 2016, officially puts the company on a path to Mars, possibly as early as 2018. See how SpaceX plans to send Dragon capsules to Mars in this slideshow.

Trekking to the stars at speeds faster than light is limited by the factors of physics as we currently understand them.

NASA is cutting funding for a Mars landing technology demonstration project by about 85 percent in response to budget reductions to its space technology program and the need to set aside funding within that program for a satellite servicing effort.

By studying reflected light from a young star system, astronomers have precisely measured the size of the innermost gap between the star and where planets will eventually form.

NASA is aiming to send astronauts to Mars sometime in the 2030s, but a new technology could help scientists explore the surface of the Red Planet — from its sprawling craters to its enormous volcanoes — from right here on Earth.

Flailing appendages on ancient lifeforms could have helped them survive in extreme conditions, and may provide clues about how lifeforms could survive in equally extreme alien environments.

In the new documentary film "Passage to Mars," filmmakers chronicle the Northwest Passage Drive Expedition, a NASA-supported voyage across land and sea-ice along the fabled Northwest Passage in the Arctic. The destination: Devon Island - Mars on Earth.

Heightened carbon dioxide levels leads to increased photosynthesis and in turn spurs plant growth. But it's not the only thing causing the increase.

The space agency is asking American companies to suggest design ideas for the possible robotic Mars orbiter, which would launch in the 2020s to capture high-resolution imagery and provide increased data-relay capabilities back to Earth.

Most of us have played the computer game "Asteroids" at some point in our lives, but how many have actually observed a real asteroid in the sky? The big space rock Juno is now visible through binoculars.

The discovery of strange halo-like craters on Pluto has raised a new mystery about how the odd scars formed on the icy world.

NASA's historic countdown clock, which ticked off the seconds before rocket launches for decades, was retired in 2014, but has been relocated to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The protective covers have been removed from the James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors at a NASA cleanroom, showing off the next-generation space telescope's golden beauty.

China continues to ramp up its space plans, which include a Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020.

The bold announcement from private spaceflight company occurred on April 27th, 2016 via their social feeds. They plan on launching 'Red Dragon' space capsules atop Falcon Heavy rockets, that are still under development.

SpaceX aims to launch a private mission to Mars as early as 2018 using its Dragon spacecraft. The announcement, unveiled Wednesday April 27, puts a target on the Red Planet.